Nuclear factor-kappaB to the rescue of cytokine-induced neuronal survival.
Nuclear factor-kappaB to the rescue of cytokine-induced neuronal survival.
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核因子 - 卡帕布(Kappab)营救细胞因子诱导的神经元存活。
DOI:
10.1083/jcb.148.2.223
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发表时间:
2000-01-24
影响因子:
7.8
通讯作者:
Ernfors, P
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作者:
Ernfors, P
During the development of the vertebrate nervous system, a balance is maintained between the formation of neurons and their synapses and neuronal death and synaptic remodeling. Neurotrophic cytokines are known to promote the survival of certain classes of neurons during development. The signaling pathways activated by these cytokines, however, have not been defined. In this issue, Middleton et al.(2000) provides evidence that neurotrophic cytokines activate the transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB), which is crucial for the survival of cytokine dependent neurons.In many populations of developing neurons, more than half of the neurons generated die by apoptosis. This is believed to ensure that the correct number and type of neurons innervate target cells. The survival or death decision of neurons appears not to be predetermined, but is instead the consequence of the integration of multiple intracellular signaling pathways activated by external stimuli. Such external stimuli include neurotrophic factors, which are present in limiting quantities. Neurons that obtain an adequate supply of the required neurotrophic factor survive, whereas neurons that are unsuccessful in the competition die.